Targeting senescence in anticancer therapy based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory of "yang activation and yin conservation, senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling"
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Targeting senescence in anticancer therapy based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory of "yang activation and yin conservation, senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling"
Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 59, Issue 9, Pages: 32-36(2025)
ZHANG Yuxuan,WANG Pengcheng,JIA Lijun.Targeting senescence in anticancer therapy based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory of "yang activation and yin conservation, senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling"[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(9):32-36.
ZHANG Yuxuan,WANG Pengcheng,JIA Lijun.Targeting senescence in anticancer therapy based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory of "yang activation and yin conservation, senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling"[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(9):32-36. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2025.z20250108004.
Targeting senescence in anticancer therapy based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory of "yang activation and yin conservation, senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling"
Cellular senescence is an irreversible state of cell cycle arrest. Both inducing senescence in tumor cells and eliminating senescent cells play crucial roles in cancer therapy. By analyzing the dynamic balance between yin and yang in different stages of tumor progression, this paper proposes a new traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory for cancer treatment from the perspective of cellular senescence: "yang activation and yin conservation, senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling". In the Shaoyang phase, where yang generates and yin grows, tumor cells rapidly proliferate. The therapeutic principle of "yang activation" should be applied to suppress tumor vitality, induce cellular senescence, and restrict proliferation, leading to yin conservation in the Jueyin phase. In the Jueyin phase, where cancerous pathogens lies dormant, senescent cells become reservoirs for toxins. The principle of "senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling" is applied to expel toxins, restore vitality, and interrupt the progression back to the Shaoyang phase. Incorporating the TCM theory of "yang activation and yin conservation, senescent cell clearance and nodule dispelling" into senescence-targeted anticancer therapy provides new insights and expands the scope of TCM in cancer treatment, offering valuable clinical references for TCM anti-cancer therapy.
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